Team Preview

CEV Under Age
U22 European Championships
July 11 - 14, 2019

(7) Mihails Samoilovs/Kristaps Smits, Latvia

Mihails Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 20, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jurmala

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Under Age Jurmala 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$10,650.29

Kristaps Smits
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 31, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Under Age Jurmala 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$2,860.83

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	Money
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
CEV Under Age	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	US$894.48
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	13	1	0	2	1	0	0	5	0	2	1	0	1	US$894.48

Previous Antalya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Aleksandrs Nasonovs - 9th	Atvars Ozolins - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-12/2018	Vaduz One Star	7	9th	100	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/3-5/2018	Ljubljana One Star	6	9th	100	US$200.00
CEV Under Age	7/26-29/2018	U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	1	1st	160	€ 0.00

U22 European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/11/2019	Pool G	Marius Malinauskas / Aurimas Mazuras, Lithuania (26)	Won 21-8, 21-15	0:34
Fri, 7/12/2019	Pool G	Ward Van Dyck / Christophe Witvrouwen, Belgium (23)	Won 19-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:52
Fri, 7/12/2019	Pool G	Samuele Cottafava / Jakob Windisch, Italy (10)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:34
Sat, 7/13/2019	Winner 1	Arturs Rinkevics / Rudolfs Stankevics, Latvia (32)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:48
Sat, 7/13/2019	Winner 2	Alejandro Huerta / Oscar Jimenez, Spain (2)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:39

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$800.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	7	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mihails Samoilovs												Kristaps Smits
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	$5,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
20	0	2	1	1	4	4	7	0	0	$3,975.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	$2,600.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	Confederation Championship
42	0	2	3	1	4	5	15	4	0	$9,725.00	Total	13	0	0	2	1	0	5	2	0	0	$2,600.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	2	80.0 %
2016	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
2017	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2017	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	3	66.7 %
2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	$800.00	6	9	40.0 %
2018	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
2019	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	$800.00	6	9	40.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	14	3	82.4 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	CEV Under Age	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$0.00	17	8	68.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mihails Samoilovs													Kristaps Smits
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	$400.00	2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	2	$2,500.00
											2018	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	$1,550.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
22	1	0	2	1	2	7	4	1	4	$1,950.00	Total	Total	21	1	0	2	2	0	10	4	0	2	$2,650.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	13	81.3%	1	6.3%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	3	33.3%	1	11.1%	5	55.6%	3-6	33.3%	13-5	72.2%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	17-8	68.0%
2018-2019	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3-3	50.0%	5-2	71.4%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	9-3	75.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	1	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	8
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	2
Total	0	0	3	2	8	4	0	0	7	2	0	3	2	1	0	0	20	12

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smits lead the series against the field 6-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Huerta/Jimenez, Spain 3-1
7/13/19	CEV Under Age	U22 European Championships	Winner 2	Huerta/Jimenez	2	Samoilovs/Smits	7	21-15, 21-18	0:39
7/15/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smits	19	Huerta/Jimenez	30, Q3	22-20, 21-16	0:36
7/13/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smits	19	Huerta/Jimenez	30, Q3	21-17, 17-21, 20-18	0:54
7/30/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smits	29, Q2	Huerta/Jimenez	10	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 10 Cottafava/Windisch, Italy 0-1
7/12/19	CEV Under Age	U22 European Championships	Pool G	Cottafava/Windisch	10	Samoilovs/Smits	7	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 Van Dyck/Witvrouwen, Belgium 1-0
7/12/19	CEV Under Age	U22 European Championships	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smits	7	Van Dyck/Witvrouwen	23	19-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 26 Malinauskas/Mazuras, Lithuania 1-0
7/11/19	CEV Under Age	U22 European Championships	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smits	7	Malinauskas/Mazuras	26	21-8, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 32 Rinkevics/Stankevics, Latvia 1-0
7/13/19	CEV Under Age	U22 European Championships	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smits	7	Rinkevics/Stankevics	32	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:48